以下快速翻译,有错请指正
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/victor-martinez-is-one-of-a-kind/
Victor Martinez has been the best hitter in baseball this season.
今年打者里面,V骂最强
Granted, that’s just an opinion that I’ve presented as fact, but he has a
strong case. The strongest part of his case is that, at the time of this
writing, he leads the MLB in both wOBA (.412) and wRC+ (167). There aren’t
any better hitting metrics than those two, but in case you want more
evidence, he’s also second in batting average (.337), first in on-base
percentage (.407), second in slugging percentage (.575), 10th in isolated
slugging percentage (.238) and second in total batting value behind only Mike
Trout, thanks to a disparity of plate appearances. Victor Martinez has the
same total batting value as Giancarlo Stanton and he’s come up to the plate
56 fewer times. That’s how good he’s been. He’s been so good, some have
tossed his name around in the MVP discussion, despite serving primarily as a
designated hitter. A DH has never won the MVP award.
当然啦,这是我的个人意见,但是他真得很强啊。以他来说,最屌的是,到写这篇文章
的当下,他的wOBA和wRC+是MLB最高的。没有什么比这两个数据更好的指标了啦,但为
了让你更了解,他打击率全联盟第二,上垒率最高,长打率第二,纯长打率第十,然后
Total Batting Value(这个怎么翻还请大家帮忙)只排在阿鳟后面,因为打数比他少。
V骂的total batting value跟Stanton一样,但是他的PA少了Stanton56个。这就是他有
多强的证据。尽管他主要打DH,他这一季威到还是成为MVP的人选之一。从来没有DH拿过
MVP的喔。
But he has been much more than just a great hitter. He has been a downright
fascinating hitter. One thing that really jumps out when looking at his
numbers are his walks and strikeouts. He has the lowest strikeout rate in the
MLB, at 6.5%. He also has a 10.7% walk rate. No other player in baseball has
walked more than they’ve struck out this year. Victor has 22 more walks than
strikeouts (not including his league-leading 25 intentional walks). His
strikeouts and walks, as well as his still-elite bat speed, are things I
touched upon when I wrote about Martinez for this site back in May. But that’
s in the past. The contents of that post were remarkable because of the
circumstances, e.g. his age, injuries and past as a catcher. The content that
follows in this post is remarkable because of its place in history.
看他的数据的时候,保送和三振的次数很显眼。他的被三振率是MLB最低的,只有6.5%,
然后他的保送率是10.7%。今年没有其他人的保送比三振还多,唯有V骂的保送比三振还
多了22次,还没有算到他全联盟领先的25次IBB喔。五月的时候我写了一篇文讲他的三振
保送和挥棒速度,以他的年纪、伤病史和长期蹲捕来说真的不简单。今天我要谈的之所以
屌,是因为在历史上地位特殊。
Martinez is currently running an 89% O-Contact rate, meaning nearly 90% of
his swings at pitches outside the strike zone result in contact. That’s the
highest mark in the league and it’s not even close. Only seven qualified
batters are over 80%. Number two is Nick Markakis, nearly five full
percentage points below Martinez. After Markakis are Jose Altuve, Dustin
Pedroia, Denard Span and Kurt Suzuki. You may have noticed something about
that list of names after Martinez. None of them hit for any power. The
highest isolated slugging percentage to come from that group this year is
actually Denard Span and his four home runs. Guys who make a habit of hitting
pitches outside the strike zone are, more often than not, slapping them the
other way. Martinez is absolutely crushing them.
V骂现在的O-Contact率有89%,表示好球带外的球,他挥击碰到的机率有九成。这是全
联盟最高,而且大幅领先其他人。只有七个人达到80%以上,排名第二的Markakis还差他
将近五个百分点。其他人分别是Altuve、Pedroia、Span和铃木清。注意到了吗,除了
V骂之外,这个名单上的人都没什么长程火力,纯长打率最高的是Span和他的四轰。习惯
去打好球带以外的球的人呢,总是比较常把球扫到反方向,但V骂绝对是干爆棒球。
We have PITCHf/x data dating back to 2007. Since then, Martinez doesn’t
quite have the highest O-Contact%, but it’s close. He definitely doesn’t
have the highest ISO. But when you put the two together, Martinez is in a
league of his own.
我们的PITCHf/x数据可以回溯到2007年。从那时候开始,V骂并不总有着最高的O-contact
率,但也差不多了;他的纯长打率绝对不是最高的,但是当你把这两个数据摆在一起,
V骂就只能跟自己玩了。
Since 2007, there have been 1,193 qualified hitter-seasons. In an attempt to
compare Martinez only to his peers, I’ve weeded out all hitters who fall
outside the top 10% in O-Contact, leaving me with the 119 highest O-Contact
rates since the beginning of the PITCHf/x era. Then, I plotted them against
their ISO. You didn’t need the red text to identify where Martinez falls:
2007年来,我们总共有1193个打者球季当样本,但为了跟V骂有效比较,我把O-Contact率
最好的前百分之十挑出来,得到了PITCHf/x时代以来O-Contact率最高的119的打者,然后
呢我再加上相对应的纯长打率,得到这个图。其实根本不用特别用红字标注,就找得到
V骂了啦!
(图:http://goo.gl/ivmvw9,X轴代表好球带外的contact率,Y轴是纯长打率)
I’ve included the names of a few other outliers to help put this into
perspective. Victor Martinez is making contact with pitches outside the zone
like Juan Pierre and getting results like Troy Tulowitzki. It’s not totally
unprecedented for him, either, as his 2010 season was the previous benchmark
for high O-Contact, high power production, but this season truly stands out
above the rest.
我加上了几个离群值的球员名字好让大家更了解。V骂在好球带以外的contact率跟黄皮爷
差不多,但他的打击表现跟Tulo相似。今年可不是他空前的一年,2010年他也是高ISO又高
O-contact率的,只是这一个球季的数据确实比其他球季更加凸出。
And it’s not like he’s particularly patient with which pitches he chases.
His O-Swing rate is 33%, meaning he has chased pitches out of the zone at the
exact same rate as Ryan Howard this year. Of those top 119 O-Contact seasons
since 2007, you have to go all the way down to Ichiro at No. 21 to find
someone with a higher O-Swing% than Martinez. If you can pull off the “swing
at everything, make contact with everything, crush everything” approach –
that’s usually a good strategy.
但也并不是说他对于他想追打的坏球特别有耐心喔。他的好球带以外的追打率高达33%,
跟今年的Ryan Howard一模一样。在119的样本里面,要一直到O-Contact率第21名的Ichiro
才找得到比V骂更高的O-Swing率。如果你真的可以做到“通通挥,每球都打到,然后每球
都尻出去”这样的事情,那通常都会成功。
Where does the league’s best “bad-ball hitter” do the brunt of his damage?
Mostly low-and-away:
联盟中,大多数的“坏球打者”都是在哪里打得好?大部分都是外角和低球。
(原文有V骂打的坏球的位置的图,请自行前往)
Of the 30 lowest pitches hit for home runs this season, Martinez is
responsible for four of them. No other hitter can say that. Much has been
made of Mike Trout’s ability to crush the low ball, and even he only has
three. Pablo Sandoval and Scooter Gennett each have two.
今年被尻出墙的最低的30颗球里面,有四支是V骂打的。大家都说阿鳟很会打低球,但是
他也只打了三支。Sandoval和Gennett各打了两支。
(有三张V骂尻低球出墙的gif请大家自行前往原文连结欣赏)
But when it comes to doing damage on pitches outside the strike zone, it’s
not like he’s limited to the low ones. Martinez is also responsible for the
14th-highest pitch hit for a home run this season:
As well as the eighth-most inside pitch for a homer against a left-handed
batter:
V骂可不是只会打低的坏球。他也尻了被打出全垒打的第十四高的球和第八内角的球
(GIF在原文)
No pitch is safe against Victor Martinez.
没什么他打不出去的球啦。
Here’s one more little Victor nugget before we go: Martinez has hit seven
home runs off pitches outside the strike zone this year. Of those seven, four
have come in an 0-2 count. No other player in baseball has hit four home runs
off any pitch in an 0-2 count this season, ball or strike. Look up. The
second gif came in an 0-2 count. The fourth gif, even though the broadcast
displayed it incorrectly, came in an 0-2 count. Even when you get ahead of
Martinez 0-2 and throw him a good 0-2 pitch, he can still do damage against
you. It’s not over until it’s over.
还没完哩。V骂今年已经打了七支好球带以外的全垒打。这七支里面,有四支是在两好球
没有坏球的时候打的。今年没有任何一个其他球员可以在这种球数打四支全垒打的,不管
来的是好球坏球都一样。第二张gif是两好零坏,第四张图转播单位搞错了,也是两好零
坏。就算你对V骂投到两好零坏,而且你自以为已经投了个这个球数下够好的球了,他还是
可以尻爆你。
To wrap this up, here are the things that make Victor Martinez one of a kind:
Lowest strikeout rate in baseball
Only player in baseball to walk more than he strikes out, could strike out in
21 consecutive plate appearances and still be true
Highest O-Contact rate in baseball by five percentage points
Abnormally high O-Swing rate, given O-Contact rate
Totally unprecedented combination of elite O-Contact and elite ISO
More home runs on pitches less than 16 inches above the ground than anyone in
baseball
More home runs on balls in 0-2 counts than anyone has on balls+strikes in 0-2
counts
总结一下,这些是V骂自己独立一国的事蹟
联盟最低三振率的打者
唯一一个保送比三振多的打者。他现在就算被连续三振21次,这个叙述还是成立。
最高的O-Contact率,比第二名多五趴
以这O-Contact率来说,反常地高的O-Swing率
O-Contact率和纯长打率加起来看,前不见古人地优秀
比离地16吋还低的低球当中,打出了最多的全垒打
两好零坏时,对坏球打出的全垒打比任何人在两好零坏的全垒打还多。别人还可以把好球
算进去喔!